Meaning of MALINGERER
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| | Definition: | | [n] someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity |
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| | Synonyms: | | shammer, skulker |
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| | See Also: | | shirker, slacker | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ma*lin"ger*er\, n. [F. malingre sickly, weakly,
prob. from mal ill + OF. heingre, haingre, thin, lean,
infirm, fr. L. aeger.]
In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who
induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his
duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by
pretending illness or inability.
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| | Related Terms: | | blagueur, bluff, bluffer, bungler, charlatan, clock watcher, disregarder, dodger, eye-servant, fake, faker, fourflusher, fraud, goldbrick, goldbricker, goof-off, humbug, idler, ignorer, impersonator, impostor, mountebank, neglecter, negligent, old soldier, phony, poser, poseur, pretender, procrastinator, quack, quacksalver, quackster, ringer, saltimbanco, sham, shammer, shirk, shirker, skulk, skulker, slacker, sloven, slut, soldier, tax dodger, trifler, truant, waiter on Providence, welsher |
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